Shushanik Karapetyan is a New York–based Armenian-born writer, artist, and psychotherapist. Her interdisciplinary practice explores memory, motherhood and transformation. Shushanik was a mentee of the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s Mentorship Program in 2024. Her work has been published in JMWW, Vines Magazine and The North Central Review.
“After twenty two years, I have learned where to search for her – in the large plastic container in my closet where I keep her clothes, in the scrap of paper with her handwriting noting the titles of poems she used as a bookmark which continues to live in the pages of Vahan Terian, or in the index card that reads, “I went to the store, will be back soon,” left for me to find when I got home from school before I was allowed to have a cell phone, in a photograph, in the yarn isle of Michaels…something to anchor me to a memory of her.”
JMWW 4/2025
Shushanik Karapetyan
Events
July 31, 2025 7:00PM
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance's New York City Chapter for a literary evening of poetry and prose at Brooklyn's WORD bookstore. Readers will include Chris Atamian, Nicole Haroutunian, Olivia Katrandjian, Alan Semerdjian, Lola Koundakjian, Garen Torikian, Shushanik Karapetyan, and chapter leader Aida Zilelian.
Open to all, the event is free of charge but a donation of $25 or more is suggested. Register by clicking on ‘Donate & Tickets.’
WORD Bookstore
126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY